tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79915689850460463062024-02-07T00:22:06.980-05:00Teacher's Pet to TeacherUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991568985046046306.post-74877009486379458072015-04-02T08:00:00.000-04:002015-04-02T08:00:06.318-04:00Books I Read in MarchSince reading book 2 in February, I have not wanted to stop reading the Pretty Little Liars series. I'm currently working on book 4.<br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8123092-perfect" target="_blank">Perfect by Sara Shepard</a> - 4 stars (finished 3/23)<br />
<span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextContainerreview215263127">Perfect is the third book in the Pretty Little Liars series. The
book series has definitely taken a different turn than the tv show, but
is still just as enjoyable. I think that Aria got a little more
likable, but the others were still iffy. Especially Hanna. Love the
flashbacks and memories with Ali that were included. Mona is definitely
more hate-worthy in the books, so curious how all these characters
progress in the next book!</span></span><br />
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Like I figured, March was a slow month for me. I finished one book instead of my goal of 4. I am hoping now that we are starting to get on a regular schedule that I will be able to read more. So here is my list for this month!<br /><br />
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<li>The Crucible by Arthur Miller [reread]</li>
<li>The Initiation and The Captive, Part 1 by L.J. Smith [new series]</li>
<li>Covet by J.R. Ward [new series]</li>
<li>Ashfall by Mike Mullin [new series]</li>
<li>Breathe by Sarah Crossan [new series]</li>
<li>Icons by Margaret Stohl [new series]</li>
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<i><b>Lots of new releases this month: any you're excited about?</b></i></div>
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<i><b>What's on your March TBR?</b></i></div>
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March has come and gone already and it's hard for me to believe. I've had a full month with a newborn. A full month as a mom of three - what?! I tried to get a variety of pictures this month, but to be honest, they are mostly of Mason. He's so adorable and I'm giving in to my baby fever that has been around for a few years now :)<br>
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March 1: Life with a newborn summed up LOL // March 2: Little guy snuggled up with Daddy.</div>
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March 3: These are a real thing. Unfortunately, I didn't like them as much as their separate counterparts. // March 4: My new front seat passenger :)</div>
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I'm a little late on this. Little man turned 1 month on the 24th and we had a doc appointment on the 26th, but then time just slipped by and I was like crap - all I had to do was put in his stats and talk a little at the top. Whoops! This week has been a little hectic - I had a dentist appointment (that he slept through - win!) and he had a doc appointment (like I said)...AND I made a pretty big decision that I will hopefully make a blog post on soon.<br>
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My littlest is already 2 weeks old (yesterday) and I already want him to stop getting so big! He's so stinking cute and I know I'll blink and he'll be 8 (like his big brother turned today). :(<br>
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The pictures below: dream smile - can't wait for the real thing! A pee incident turned into a cute clothing change. :) Snapped a picture of all three of the kids at a stoplight...Matt & Cami love their little brother so much.<br>
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Sleeping also has some lovely choices: crib or co-sleep. Which do you choose? Just like with feeding, we did a combination of the two. Not necessarily by choice. I always napped with Matthew in bed just the two of us. With Cami, she slept on me for the first 6 weeks and refused to sleep anywhere else. Talk about exhausting! For the most part after that, the kids slept in the Pack 'n Play or the crib. <br>
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Today's real talk is all about feeding. Throughout the post, you will find some links - these go to Amazon (not affiliate links), where I purchased most of my baby items. If they don't have a link, I most likely shopped at Target in person. Images are from Target's website.<br>
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So I am currently<span style="background-color: white;"> up to 13 books read this year - 5 books ahead of schedule. I've finished 2 series. Last month, I finished off 7 books. I read Beastly from my Feb TBR, four books from the Losing It series that finished it out for me, Flawless (part of the Pretty Little Liars series) and The One that caught me up on The Selection series. I tried to start Animal Farm (also on my Feb TBR), but wasn't really feeling it.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">This month, I have quite the list to choose from, so I'm hoping that will make my 2 books from my TBR easy to do. I then get a free pick and a series book. With Mason being here, I'm not sure how much reading will get done, but I still aim to do one book a week. With how I've been reading, I hope I can manage. I will also be studying for yet another Praxis exam that I have to take. I've taken 5, but Tennessee is changing what they require for anyone who applies for certification after Sept 1 - and that's me. So now there's yet another exam I am paying for out of pocket, stressing over, and not happy that I have to take.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>Possible March Reads: </u></span><br />
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<li>Catch-22 by Joseph Heller</li>
<li>If You Ask Me, And Of Course You Won't by Betty White</li>
<li>Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella [new series]</li>
<li>Decision Points by George W. Bush</li>
<li>All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin [new series]</li>
<li>Black City by Elizabeth Richards [new series]</li>
<li>Gameboard of the Gods by Richelle Mead [new series]</li>
<li>Nightseer by Laurell K. Hamilton [new series]</li>
<li>Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas [new series]</li>
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<i><b>What's on your March TBR?</b></i></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991568985046046306.post-39763526401046171662015-02-28T21:58:00.003-05:002015-03-01T17:57:02.082-05:00Mason's Birth StoryI'm reposting this from my other blog, <a href="http://www.fantasticalsharing.com/" target="_blank">Fantastical Sharing of Recipes</a>. I had decided after all my pregnancy updates took over my Fantastical Friday posts that I would post baby/mom stuff here on this blog even though eventually actual teaching/job stuff will be the majority of the posts.<br>
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For those of you who may follow me on <a href="http://instagram.com/sjanee11" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, you probably have seen little guy has made his appearance into the world! I'm adjusting to having him home - plus apparently you can nest after you give birth, because I have been trying to clean and organize EVERYTHING! :) Please be aware the following is a looooong post and nope, I have no problem talking dilation here. You were warned!<br>
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So it all began on Sunday the 22nd...<br>
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February looks a bit more balanced out from this standpoint. Although after transferring pictures off my phone, I had a bunch of Muffin. I feel like March is going to be the month of Mason pictures. My phone is already very quickly filling up with the little munchkin butt :)<br>
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Feb 1: Started off the month with a trip to L&D - thankfully it was just a fluke because I was only 36 weeks. // Feb 2: My stickers from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/OneOrangeSnowflake" target="_blank">One Orange Snowflake</a> for my planner got here! I love them.<br>
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Feb 3: Matt & Cami have been pretty inseparable lately - they are always hanging out together and doing the same thing as the other. Their bond makes me happy :) // Feb 4: If she can't get to my bump, she lays right up on my arm.<br>
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<b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10787121-lola-and-the-boy-next-door" target="_blank">Lola & the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins</a></b> - 5 stars (finished 1/2)<br>
This is the second book in the Anna & the French Kiss trilogy and it was every bit as good as the first. It did have Anna & St. Clair in it, like the first book. Again, I got very connected to the characters and there were times I felt like a hole had been ripped my chest wide open and I believe I teared up at one point too - pregnancy hormones - yeah, let's blame it on them :) I like when contemporaries continue in the same world with the same characters. I'm very excited about book 3.<br>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I did pretty well in January - much better than I have done in any months in 2014. My goal was to read 4 books: 2 from my TBR list, 1 series book, and 1 pick of my choice. I read 6 books. Two from my TBR list (Alice in Zombieland and The Fifth Wave), two series (Spirit Bound and Last Sacrifice) that finished out the Vampire Academy series, one from my Netgalley list (Day 21) and I also read Lola and the Boy Next Door. I'll be talking about each of them tomorrow. Here's the books I will choose two from this month :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>Possible February Reads: </u></span><br />
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<li>Animal Farm by George Orwell [reread]</li>
<li>The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman [reread/new series]</li>
<li><strike>Beastly by Alex Flinn</strike> <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">- 2/4</span></b></li>
<li>The Black Prism by Brent Weeks [new series]</li>
<li>77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz</li>
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(I've also finished Keeping Her by Cora Carmack <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>(2/2)</b><span style="color: black;">, The One by Kiera Cass <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>(2/5), </b><span style="color: black;">Faking It by Cora Carmack <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>(2/11)</b><span style="color: black;">, Finding It by Cora Carmack <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>(2/13)</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>, Seeking Her by Cora Carmack <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>(2/16)</b><span style="color: black;">, Flawless by Sara Shepard <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>(2/22)</b></span></span></span>) <br />
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Many many bloggers do this and I love these posts! Not that I'm nosy, but I love seeing how other people (especially if they have similar lifestyles - same job, same amount of kids, etc.) spend their time. Does that sound weird? Who knows! What I do know is that it's also been nice to take at least one picture a day and see what I actually spend my time doing. Apparently, January was the time of lots of food and cats and Erin Condren life planner organizing :) Without further ado...here's my January in pictures.<br>
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I'm not sure about y'all, but I am in love with planning and what not. I posted about my new <a href="http://www.erincondren.com/" target="_blank">Erin Condren</a> life planner back when I got in the mail on my food blog as a Fantastical Friday post {<a href="http://www.fantasticalsharing.com/2014/07/fantastical-friday-eclifeplanner14.html" target="_blank">here</a>}. I had gotten my first EC life planner in late 2013 for the whole year of 2014. I was still experimenting with it and stalking other people's set ups. At the bottom of the post, I will leave my referral link, first time buyers get $10 off their order when they create an account and I get $10 to spend on the site. There is so much on it that I love and want :)<br>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Goals:</span></u></b><br />
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<li><strike>Read a little every day</strike> <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>- done!</b></span></li>
<li><strike>Finish 1 book (that is my goal for 2015, one book a week!)</strike> <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>- done!</b></span></li>
<li><strike>Participate in some challenges</strike> <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>- done!</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>End Results:</b></u></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Books read:</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/16101128-the-5th-wave" itemprop="image" rel="nofollow"><img alt="The 5th Wave (The Fifth Wave, #1)" height="200" id="coverImage" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1359853842l/16101128.jpg" width="133" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/16075615-sky-on-fire" itemprop="image" rel="nofollow"><img alt="Sky on Fire (Monument 14, #2)" height="200" id="coverImage" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1364599871l/16075615.jpg" width="133" /></a>
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Pages read: 406<br />
Books finished: 1 (The Fifth Wave)<br />
Final thoughts: I am really happy with my readathon results - I only did one challenge, but I was fine with that. I read each day, even if it was only a little bit. I finished one book, which is my goal in 2015 anyways. So I hit every target right on the mark!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991568985046046306.post-84929664711077051522015-01-10T09:27:00.001-05:002015-01-10T09:27:22.013-05:002015 Series "Challenge"I need to read the stuffing outta some book series. I'm currently in the middle of 65 series if you don't count the book I'm reading now that adds an additional series to that number. I would love to finish at least 10 series this year, but if I can manage more, that would be even better because I do plan on starting many new ones. Because I'm crazy. I am going to update the list with how many finished in the beginning of April and then each subsequent 3 months.<br>
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What series am I in the middle of?<br>
Glad you asked :)<br>
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I'm stunned that this is my 9th time participating in the <a href="http://boutofbooks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Bout of Books readathon</a>. In past years, I participated and posted on <a href="http://fortunefavors11.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">my old blog</a>, but books and teachers go hand-in-hand and that's why I will be posting my goals and progress for this week's BOB and future BOBs here on Teacher's Pet. The hosts of BOB decided to take away the goals link up, but I still would like to post my goals. In the last few BOBs, I've gone much lower pressure because for me, it is now important to just READ! If I read at all this week, I've been successful :)<br>
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Goals:</span></u></b><br>
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<li>Read a little every day</li>
<li>Finish 1 book (that is my goal for 2015, one book a week!)</li>
<li>Participate in some challenges</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>Daily Updates:</b></u></span><br>
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Sunday 1/11:</b></span></span><br>
Currently reading:<br>
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Pages read: 49 + 10 (total: 406)<br>
Books finished: 1<br>
Thoughts/Challenges: Starting on p.395 today for the final day of BOB 12.0. I have about 50 pages left in The 5th Wave, which hopefully means I will finish having met all my goals for the week! YAY! <b>4pm</b> Finished The 5th Wave and will begin Sky on Fire. :) I've officially met all my goals!<br>
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Because I have too many blogs to keep up with...I've decided to share my TBR, Upcoming Releases, and reading progress here on Teacher's Pet because I love to read and a lot of what I read is middle grade or YA and as I am working towards becoming a middle school teacher, it's relevant :) Many of the 8th graders during my in-class observations were reading books I've read or want to read and I wanted to sit down with them and just talk books. Of course, I'm sure my host teacher wouldn't have necessarily appreciated that during class, so I didn't! I'm pretty active <a href="http://goodreads.com/sjanee11" target="_blank">on Goodreads</a>, so please feel free to add me there and say you found me via my blog!<br />
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My new goal for 2015 is similar to last year, but different too. I am setting my yearly Goodreads challenge for 52 books - that's one a week. That is my goal this year: to finish one book a week. My monthly goals will be to read 2 books off my 2014 monthly TBR, 1 book of my choosing from my massive TBR shelf, and 1 series book. I will have a newborn soon (in Feb!?!) and then in the fall, I will be doing my student teaching, so I will definitely have a crazy year ahead. I'm not sure which will be worse for my reading progress: lack of sleep and a newborn or a very busy full day practice teaching gig.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>Possible January Reads: </u></span><br />
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<li>1984 by George Orwell </li>
<li><strike>Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter [new series]</strike> <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>- 1/15</b></span></li>
<li><strike>The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey [new series]</strike> <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>- 1/11</b></span></li>
<li>Graceling by Kristin Cashore [new series]</li>
<li>Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell</li>
<li>The King by J.R. Ward</li>
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But before I go completely...some questions for you all: What books are y'all reading this month? Any releases you are stoked for? What are your 2015 reading goals? Any books I need to have on my radar?</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7991568985046046306.post-22372822688085652512014-08-20T18:08:00.003-04:002014-08-20T18:08:15.423-04:00Pre-Clinical Experiences: First ImpressionSo I've been at my old middle school for a week now, doing some observations and I've really enjoyed it. My host teacher is my eighth grade science teacher and she has been incredible to "work" with so far. The whole team of teachers in the downstairs eighth grade is just awesome. They were all so welcoming!<br>
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I was really nervous about the first week of school. How do you get kids from summer mode to school mode? How do you lay down the law without destroying any trust or making them absolutely hate you? So many little questions...<br>
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I wanted to share what I've been up to in my own education and really talk up my school and student mentor as well.<br>
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I'm currently attending Western Governors University for my B.A. in Middle Grade Science (Secondary Science, Science 5-9, or whatever it may be referred to...it counts as Science 4-8 in Tennessee where I will teach). When I first started out in January 2014, my student mentor was very receptive to my goal of student teaching in January 2015. She gave me my timeline - full of background checks, exams, liability insurance, and more. And I basically got to it. My student mentor has been unbelievable and I know that I could not have done this without her help. She is always available for my millions of questions and goes above and beyond to make sure any questions or issues I have are answered and resolved. The course mentors have done the same as well...one even spoke with other departments trying to find resources for a Praxis exam that had nothing to do with her course or field of study.<br>
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I decided to start a blog to chronicle my journey to become a middle school science teacher (and hopefully continue afterwards as a way to connect with other teachers).<br />
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Bare with me as I get everything set up :)<br />
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